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Alberto Iglesias

Profession
Sound
Born
October 21, 1955 · Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain

Biography

Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he eventually started to work also in Hollywood. Since then, he has been nominated four times for an Academy Award for his work in the films The Constant Gardener (2005), The Kite Runner (2007), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), and Parallel Mothers (2021). His other film credits include soundtracks for Steven Soderbergh's Che. and Hossein Amini's The Two Faces of January (2014). Iglesias also has worked for ballet and has done other classical music work.

Known for

Exodus: Gods and Kings poster
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Film · 2014 · ★ 5.9
The Skin I Live In poster
The Skin I Live In
Film · 2011 · ★ 7.5
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy poster
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Film · 2011 · ★ 6.6
All About My Mother poster
All About My Mother
Film · 1999 · ★ 7.6
Volver poster
Volver
Film · 2006 · ★ 7.5
Pain and Glory poster
Pain and Glory
Film · 2019 · ★ 7.4
The Constant Gardener poster
The Constant Gardener
Film · 2005 · ★ 7.0
Talk to Her poster
Talk to Her
Film · 2002 · ★ 7.6
The Kite Runner poster
The Kite Runner
Film · 2007 · ★ 7.3
Bad Education poster
Bad Education
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.4
Parallel Mothers poster
Parallel Mothers
Film · 2021 · ★ 6.8
Julieta poster
Julieta
Film · 2016 · ★ 7.0

Filmography